Between 1967 and 1972 he won ten silver medals at major international competitions, including the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.

[2][3] He came close to winning at the 1971 World Championships in Sofia, where he led the match 4:3 with 43 seconds left.

Yet Medved equalized the score and won the title because of his lower body weight.

[4] In 1989 Duraliev immigrated to Turkey, where he died aged 72.

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